One of most inconsiderate things you see on that type of road is where someone drives along at 90 km/h or so until they reach the overtaking lane, when the car in speeds up to 105km/h or so. At that point, people with powerful cars (eg 6 cyl or larger) say bugger it, and pass anyway.

Personally, I tend to overtake on uphill straight sections on that road, as the car I’m overtaking often slows a bit on the hill, and the V8 gets around just as quickly going uphill as on the flat. That way, the car or two behind me can overtake on the next flat straight part. Everyone wins.

I drive this road everyday, and everyday I am amazed at the idiots that pass me by…. It is usually P platers or poeple in reved up cars… What is really the point of owning a car that can do 200kms easily when by law you can only do 100-110kms…. Come on people does it really matter if your trip takes an extra 5 mins….People are speeding, overtaking on blind corners or taking that chance for one more vehicle…. unfortunally it is not them that usually end up dead it is someone else…

I used to commute this road between Batemans Bay & Canberra, twice a week for over 8 years and still use it frequently.

The road itself is not to blame (I actually enjoy driving on it!), it is the actions of drivers that can make it dangerous (especially on those long weekends where there is lots of traffic).

Speed is rarely an issue in the many accidents, it normally appears that ‘pilot error’ is the main cause. So many head-on accidents (read: unsafe overtaking). In these cases, even if both cars are travelling within the speed limits, you are looking at a combined speed of up near 200kmh.

“That will add a further five overtaking lanes in that initiative so that should also ease the general stress that’s incurred on driving that route which should improve hopefully the situation along the entire route,” he said…

At least it appears as something will get done.

Without knowing the specifics of this incident, and not intending to cause any offence to the families involved, no road is ever going to be good enough if drivers are unable to maintain their concentration.

The speed kills line is a dishonest and convenient furphy. Sure speeding, especially excessive, should be frowned upon, but it would be nice if other aspects of poor driver behaviour received the attention that speeding does.

Anyone who has driven in Europe would know that consideration for others on the road is generally at the forefront of drivers’ minds.

Here? Most struggle to know when turn their lights on be it a foggy day or even dusk.

Not saying about this accident but I have seen others where people were knocked unconcious with their head forward which kills them. Ignore the neck injuries and get the head back so they can at least breath. Unconcious, head foward then get a body bag.